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Whats your "Go To" Camera? In any sensor size that is...
- Thread starter Lili
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jonoslack
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I haven't got a 'go to' camera.
I always have an M9 with me, and something else as well, either a d-lux4, or an Olympus pen.
Trouble is that the d-lux4 doesn't produce good enough quality files, and the zoom lens on the Olympus pen isn't either good enough or wide enough. (also goes for the Sony Nex and the Panasonic).
Changing lenses on a 'go to' camera is a nono, so I want one with a 24 - something lens and decent IQ, I still mourn the passing of my lovely 12-60 Olympus zoom.
I always have an M9 with me, and something else as well, either a d-lux4, or an Olympus pen.
Trouble is that the d-lux4 doesn't produce good enough quality files, and the zoom lens on the Olympus pen isn't either good enough or wide enough. (also goes for the Sony Nex and the Panasonic).
Changing lenses on a 'go to' camera is a nono, so I want one with a 24 - something lens and decent IQ, I still mourn the passing of my lovely 12-60 Olympus zoom.
I have tried µ4/3 and a Canon 450D (Xsi), but always returned to my beloved 5D, so that is all I own now. I even bring it cross country skiing.
If someone would make a smaller camera with FF sensor, 35/1.4 or 35/1.8 lens, viewfinder and AF, for a price that I can afford (no higher than a 5DII for example) I'd jump on it.
If someone would make a smaller camera with FF sensor, 35/1.4 or 35/1.8 lens, viewfinder and AF, for a price that I can afford (no higher than a 5DII for example) I'd jump on it.
jonoslack
Active member
Skiing, my 'go to' camera is definitely the M9 - usually with a 35 lens on it as well, but it only fulfills your ff and smaller criteria, it falls down on price and AF!I have tried µ4/3 and a Canon 450D (Xsi), but always returned to my beloved 5D, so that is all I own now. I even bring it cross country skiing.
If someone would make a smaller camera with FF sensor, 35/1.4 or 35/1.8 lens, viewfinder and AF, for a price that I can afford (no higher than a 5DII for example) I'd jump on it.
Maybe it's because I have never tried MF that I'm worried about it. I should get a cheap MF lens for 5D and try it some time. The price is harder to do something about... If I'm patient maybe eventually there'll be something like what I want.
pollobarca
New member
Lili,
this is a reputable dealer.
http://www.japanexposures.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=390
Unfortuneately its not an Hirano case , but then its 1/3 rd the price too.
b rgds
paul
this is a reputable dealer.
http://www.japanexposures.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=390
Unfortuneately its not an Hirano case , but then its 1/3 rd the price too.
b rgds
paul
Lili
New member
Thanks Paul!!!!
Lili
New member
I got my 17mm Zuiko for the PEN off Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Olympus-17mm-...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1277925559&sr=8-1
(shot with my F200EXR Fuji, which vies with the F70, better IQ, less Zoom)
It is far far better than its reputation would one believe
E-PL1 17mm Zuiko
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M5-Guy
New member
Looks good on your D-Pen.I got my 17mm Zuiko for the PEN off Amazon.
(shot with my F200EXR Fuji, which vies with the F70, better IQ, less Zoom)
It is far far better than its reputation would one believe
E-PL1 17mm Zuiko
Just ordered one from Adorama.. Back-ordered... but it is at $230.00 right now... I needed to penny pinch for this one. So, I get the G1 next week, and the lens ???? Soon I hope.
Per Ofverbeck
Member
....and my M9 (which I´ve had since February) has sent everything else to the cupboard (maybe i´ve made 20 exposures in all with my D-Lux 4 since I got the M9, and none with the G1).
Joan
New member
Wow, this thread has been going for a long time! And I've been away from getDPI for a long time, too. Hoping to have more time for photography soon, and my "go to" camera is now going to be my ONLY camera for the foreseeable future. I got rid of every other camera I own over the last six months, even sold off my old Minolta film SLR. Bought myself the new Ricoh GXR p10 kit with the EVF. Just started testing it a bit and am very happy with it so far. Since I rarely print beyond 8"x10," I really don't mind having just a small sensor cam. I am determined to make the most of it! (Famous last words, lol)
Lili
New member
Welcome back Joan. I do not know whether to be sorry or glad for your 'focus' on one piece of gear...such would likely do me a world of good rather than frittering away my time learning each new camera (that was the point of this post, BTW, the goto camera would be the one you would keep if forced down to one). Nowadays for me it would likely be my E-PL1...
pollobarca
New member
Keeps camera.... ?
I would sign a pact with the devil and keep both the Oly C5050z and the GX100! But if he wasnt willing to accept my soul I would have to go for the GX100.
paul
I would sign a pact with the devil and keep both the Oly C5050z and the GX100! But if he wasnt willing to accept my soul I would have to go for the GX100.
paul
Joan
New member
Thanks, Lily!
I think that my schizophrenic buying and selling of cameras over the last couple of years has probably equally impeded and helped my growth as a photographer. I've learned quite a bit about how digital cameras work, and a fair amount about processing, but I don't know if I have learned to "see" the shot any better than before ... so much time spent learning the cameras and not enough spent on looking for the best angle or the most interesting composition. Hoping that having this one little "jack of all trades" camera will get me thinking differently and more creatively about what I'm seeing. We'll see .... now if it just wasn't so darned HOT outside, I might be motivated more to get out there and play with it!Keith, was just about to go comment on your thread, will try to contribute some shots to it soon as well. :salute: